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Polysiphonella

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae

Taxonomy
Polysiphonella was named by Russo (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 204]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sestrostomellidae by Senowbari-Daryan and Link (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Polysiphonella Russo
2002Polysiphonella Sepkoski
2016Polysiphonella Senowbari-Daryan and Link

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familySestrostomellidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusPolysiphonellaRusso 1981

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Polysiphonella Russo 1981
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Polysiphonella gracilis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Polysiphonella norica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Sevatian or 266.90000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) P. sp. (144355) P. sp. A (51169) P. sp. B (51168)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Italy P. norica (170144)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy (Sicily) P. gracilis (36454)